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Philadelphia neighborhoods / Gus Spector.
Van Pelt Library F158.68.A1 S73 2008
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LIBRA F158.68.A1 S73 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spector, Gus.
- Series:
- Postcard history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postcards.
- Historic buildings.
- Neighborhoods.
- History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--Pictorial works.
- Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Pictorial works.
- Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Pictorial works.
- Buildings.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Postcards--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2008]
- Summary:
- Philadelphia Neighborhoods, a compendium of historic views of the major residential sections of Philadelphia, presents a snapshot into the past when old neighborhoods were not so old and when currently established ones were as yet new construction. Through the medium of postcards, readers are invited back to an era before automobiles dominated the streets, before many city roads were paved, and when the local grocery store was not located in a mall. Using chapters divided into subsections that detail the various regions of North, South, Southwest, and West Philadelphia, as well as the "new" Northeast Philadelphia, the author chronicles the vibrant, diverse communities that have helped shape the city's rich history.
- Gus Spector, a native of Philadelphia, is a graduate of South Philadelphia High School and Temple University. Spector is a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, and the American Philatelic Society. He is the author of Philadelphia: Historic Exteriors and Interiors and Center City Philadelphia.
- Contents:
- 1 A Streetcar Suburb Named West Philadelphia 9
- 2 Welcome to Southwest Philadelphia 37
- 3 The Many Faces of North Philadelphia 47
- 4 Oak Lane, Logan, and Olney 69
- 5 Fairmount and Spring Garden 79
- 6 Germantown and Mount Airy 83
- 7 The Old Northeast Philadelphia 93
- 8 Brave New Northeast 105
- 9 Glimpses of South Philadelphia 113.
- ISBN:
- 9780738557441
- 0738557447
- OCLC:
- 234176918
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